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  • BRAUNSTEIN/QUAY - JACK FISCHER - DON SOKER

    MICHAEL ROSENTHAL - SOAP - GUERRERO

    DRIFTWOOD SALON - PRETTY PRETTY COLLECTIVE - JELLYFISH

    SHOOTING GALLERY - HEIST - SPACE - LOPO

    (with assistance from Clare Coppel and RWM)



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    Braunstein/Quay Gallery: Gyöngy Laky - Reading Geometries.

    Comment by AB: Gyöngy Laky approaches sculpture like painters approach painting, treating bits and pieces of this and that like individual brushstrokes, and combining them piece by piece to form recognizable wholes.

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    Art by Gyöngy Laky at Braunstein/Quay Gallery.

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    Gyöngy Laky art.

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    Art by Gyöngy Laky - loads of nails, loads of work.

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    Detail of art by Gyöngy Laky in above image.

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    Gyöngy Laky art Braunstein/Quay Gallery.

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    Art by Gyöngy Laky.

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    Jack Fischer Gallery: Faces.

    Artists: Camille Holvoet, Aurie Ramirez, Rosita Pardo, Billy White, Thomas Pringle.

    Comment by AB: Jack Fischer culls the good stuff from the coffers of Creative Growth, Creativity Explored, and the National Institute of Art and Disabilities (NIAD), three Bay Area nonprofits that bring the best out of developmentally and physically disabled artists.

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    Group art show at Jack Fischer Gallery.

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    Art by Thomas Pringles (left), Aurie Ramirez (right).

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    Art by Billy White (second from left).

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    Art at Jack Fischer Gallery closer.

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    Group art show at Jack Fischer Gallery.

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    Don Soker Gallery: 40th Anniversary Exhibition.

    Comment by AB: Don Soker's been at it for four decades and we can see select examples of what that's all about in this eminently eclectic survey of gallery works.

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    Art at Don Soker Gallery.

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    Art by Victoria May.

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    Art at Don Soker Gallery.

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    Art by Alexander Gyenes in above image closer.

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    Art - Don Soker Gallery 40th Anniversary Exhibition.

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    Panorama - group show at Don Soker Gallery.

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    Michael Rosenthal Gallery: Allison Cortson - From Dust.

    Comment by AB: Los Angeles artist Allison Cortson tells me she gathers dust from her subjects' domiciles and then paints their portraits, using the dust as the primary background ingredient.

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    Art by Allison Cortson at Michael Rosenthal Gallery.

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    Art by Allison Cortson.

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    Art by Allison Cortson.

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    Allison Cortson art at Michael Rosenthal Gallery.

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    Soap Gallery: Joshua Pelletier and Josh Short - futurebowl.

    Review by RWM: Cool show. Here is football of the future. Not quite science fiction, but so what. How about Hebrew National for a healthier future lifestyle in The Mission instead of the bacon-wrapped franks served here? Nope. Nice though to see the creativity, exploration of theme and generosity.

    Comment by AB: OK. I confess. I ate a bacon-wrapped hotdog. The good news? I lived to write about it.

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    Art & installation by Joshua Pelletier and Josh Short.

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    Participatory art by Joshua Pelletier and Josh Short.

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    Josh Short mans the grill at Soap Gallery.

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    What have we here? Josh Short gourmet delight art.

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    Don't mind if I do - art dog served up by Josh Short.

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    Guerrero Gallery: Blaze - Glen Baldridge; Successive Interruptions - Marisa Textor.

    Comment by AB: Haunting silkscreen & powdered graphite compositions by Glen Baldridge are created by erasing rather than drawing the images. Baldridge also offers up several sculptures and photographic works. In the rear gallery, experience serene small-format landscape and seascape drawings by Marisa Textor.

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    Art by Glen Baldridge at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Glen Baldridge art - silkscreen, powdered graphite, eraser.

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    Artist Glen Baldridge at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Sculpture & photography by Glen Baldridge.

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    Graphite drawings by Marisa Textor at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Art by Marisa Textor closer.

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    The Shooting Gallery: American Iconomics - Akira Beard and James Charles.

    Comment by Clare Coppel: Images of American icons in paintings by Akira Beard and ink on real U.S currency by James Charles. Good concept, well done.

    Comment by AB: Raw portrait watercolors by Akira Beard and reconfigured currency by James Charles sardonically comment on various aspects of celebrity, idol worship and materialism in America. Worth a visit.

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    Modified monetary art by James Charles at The Shooting Gallery.

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    Currency art by James Charles (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Pinkie cam detail of altered currency art by James Charles.

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    Art by Akira Beard at The Shooting gallery.

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    Art by Akira Beard in above image closer.

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    Akira Beard art closer.

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    Installation art by Akira Beard (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Space Gallery Gallery: Apocalypse Meow.

    Artists: Mia Christopher, Kristin Farr, William Emmert, Kelly Allen, Yumiko Kayukawa, Helen Bayly, Audrey Erickson, Katie Bacigalupi, Ezra Li, Bunnie Reiss, Garrison Buxton, Yuki Miyazaki, Ryan Jones, Bo Heimlich, Matt Miller.

    Review by Clare Coppe: A group show about cats featuring the locally famous "Kittenzilla" mural-- aaaawwww-- giant kittens with lazer beams coming out of their eyes! Other cats are adorable as well, and some kind of scary.

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    Kittenzilla mural - art at Space Gallery.

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    Art by Yumiko Kayukawa (right), Kelly Allen (2nd & 3rd from right).

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    Art by Kelly Allen in above image closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Art by Yumiko Kayukawa closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Art by Kristin Farr closer.

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    Kitty cat extravaganza - group art show at Space Gallery.

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    Lopo Gallery: Of Course - Justin Lovato, Chad Hasegawa and Jason Vivona.

    Review by Clare Coppel: Three rooms each feature a different artist. Abstract and not abstract pieces by Chad Hasegawa, some replicating wallpaper, others looking like dripping blood and others composed only of lines. Jason Vivona conjures up crazy detailed monsters and organic forms, some with the liberal use of pink and yarn webs. Also on view is Justin Lovato's creepy fairytale forest land which one could become lost in. His art extends outside the pieces and onto the walls, absorbing the viewer.

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    Art by Justin Lovato at Lopo Gallery.

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    Justin Lovato art at Lopo Gallery.

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    Detail of art by Justin Lovato (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Detail of art by Justin Lovato (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Art by Jason Vivona at Lopo Galery.

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    Jason Vivona art in above image closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Art by Jason Vivona.

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    Chad Hasegawa art at Lopo Gallery.

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    Art by Chad Hasegawa closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).

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    Addendum:

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    Art by Carly Ivan Garcia at Driftwood Salon.

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    More from Carly Ivan Garcia art show at Driftwood Salon.

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    One more from Carly Ivan Garcia art at Driftwood Salon.

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    Art by Seth Armstrong at Gallery Heist.

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    Another Thing Coming - art by Seth Armstrong at Gallery Heist.

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    One more from Seth Armstrong art show at Gallery Heist

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    Art by Jason Adams at Pretty Pretty Collective.

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    Jason Adams art at Pretty Pretty Collective.

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    Last one - art by Jason Adams at Pretty Pretty Collective.

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    Storybook group show at Jellyfish Gallery.

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    Art + artist from above image at Jellyfish Gallery.

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    More art from Storybook group show at Jellyfish Gallery.

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    One more from Storybook group art show at Jellyfish Gallery.

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